词根词缀:bi-, bin-, bino-, bis-
【来源及含义】Latin: two, twice, double, twofold; a number; it normally functions as a prefix
【相关描述】This bi- is used before s, c, or a vowel. Don't confuse this bi- with another one which means "life".
All words except biennial referring to periods of time and prefixed by bi- are potentially ambiguous. Since bi- can be taken to mean either "twice each" or "every two", a word like "biweekly" can be understood as "twice each week" or "every two weeks".
【同源单词】biacid, biangular, biannual, biannual, biarchy, biarticulate
词根词缀:sec-, seg-, -sect, -section, -sectional
【来源及含义】Latin: to cut
【相关词根词缀】 Related cutting-word units: cast-; castrat-; -cise, -cide; -ectomy; mutil-; put-; temno-; -tomy; trunc-.
【同源单词】acusection, acusector, antivisectionist, antivivisection, antivivisectionism, antivivisectionist
词根词缀:-tion
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix forming nouns from verbs of condition and action; an act or process: resumption, absorption; state or condition, redemption, exhaustion; something resulting from or otherwise related to an act or process, assumption, friction
【相关描述】This unit is presenting a small fraction of the hundreds of words ending with the suffix of -tion; however, there is a significant number of words which may help everyone have a better understanding and appreciation of the use of this element.
【同源单词】abduction, abjection, ablution, ablution, abolition, abruption